Arthur wellesley robinson



(No Model.)

A. W. ROBINSON.

VEHICLE OR OTHER WHEEL. No. 484,675. Patented Oct. 18, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT ARTHUR WELLESLEY ROBINSON, OF SHELDON, ENGLAND.

VEHICLE OR OTHER WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,675, dated October18, 1892. Application filed April 9, 1892. Serial No. 428,479. (Nomodel.) Patented in India May 20, 1889, No. 14/ 1,048.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR WELLESLEY ROBINSON, a subject of the Queen ofGreat Britain, residing at Sheldon, England, have invented new anduseful Improvements in .Wheels, (for which I have received a patent inIndia, dated May 20, 1889, Reg. No. I I/1,048,) of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to wheels the peripheries of which are subjected toconsiderable wear or frictionsuch, for instance, as the wheels ofvehicles or velocipedes the object of my invention being to provide apractically-noiseless wearing-surface which possesses a certain amountof elasticity, which is extremely durable and cheap, and which can bereadily renewed when desired. According to my invention thewearing-surfaces of such wheels are composed of a number of pieces ofleather or other similar or suitable material placed side by side and sothat the grain of such pieces is radial with the axis of the wheels.Each of said pieces is perforated, and an elastic core is made to engagethe perforations of all of said pieces. In practice I fiX such pieces ofmaterial in grooved or channeled bars or rims having undercut sides orflanges, the said pieces of material being shaped at one part in orderto fit the grooves or channels.

To enable my invention to be fully understood, I will describe thesameby reference to the accompanying drawing, in which the figure representsa sectional View of a portion of wheel constructed according to my invention.

it represents the rim of my improved Wheel, which is preferablychanneled or grooved, so as to provide the flanges 6, between which thesections or pieces of the tire are held.

0 0 indicate the pieces of material constituting the surface of thewheel, the said pieces being shaped, as shown, so as to fit tightly intothe groove and over the edges of the channeled or grooved bar or rim, asshown, and being placed side by side in close contact, so that theircombined ends or edges will form a continuous surface.

I sometimes find it advantageous to connect the Various pieces togetherby means of cement as they are placed in the channelor groove.

In each of the pieces a is formed a circular hole, and as the saidpieces are placed in position in the channel or groove of the rim, Ithread them over an india-rubber core consisting in this instance of atube having closed ends, which tube when all the pieces 0 c are in placecan be inflated.

In the drawing, e indicates the flexible tube, over which the pieces 0 care threaded, and f indicates a valve having a nozzle upon one side, towhich an air-pump can be attached for inflating the tube.

It indicates the Valve proper, by means of which the communicationbetween the atmosphere and the flexible tube can be out off before theair-pump is removed from the nozzle 9.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim is I. In a wheel, the combination, with the rim, of aseriesof perforated radially-disposed sections of elastic material secured tosaid rim and an elastic core engaging the perforations of all of saidsections, substantially as described.

2. In a wheel, the combination, with the rim, of a series of perforatedradially-disposed sections of elastic material secured to said rim, ahollow elastic core for engaging the apertures of all of said sections,and a pipe connected with said hollow core for inflating the same,substantially as described.

ARTHUR WELLESLEY ROBINSON.

Witnesses:

A. S. ALBUTT, G. F. TYSON, Clerks to G. F. Redfern d2 00., PatentAgents, Sguth Street, Finsbury, London, Eng-

